The continental bid to make more of its own vaccines is moving from ambition to production
Author: Justus Akamin
ASC Ville de Dakar faces Union Sportive Monastirienne in the BAL Sahara Conference final at Dakar Arena in May 2025. Photo by Patrick Meinhardt/
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, has urged Southern African countries to urgently transition towards financial self-reliance to sustain their HIV responses as traditional international donor streams begin to recede.
The federal government says it is pursuing compensation for Nigerians affected by recent attacks in South Africa while strengthening diplomatic efforts to prevent further violence.
Dubai Investments has completed the acquisition of an 80 percent stake in Clemenceau Medical Centre Dubai (CMC Dubai), increasing the group’s ownership from 20 percent to 100 percent
Determined to usher a new lease of life for African economies,Nigeria and the African Development Bank, AfDB have called for stronger African control over the continent’s vast mineral retrategic financing as essential to ensuring that mineral-rich countries in Africa derive greater economic value from their natural assets
Uganda has officially declared the end of the 2026 Ebola disease outbreak after completing the mandatory 42-day monitoring period without recording a new case, marking another major public health victory for the country even as neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to battle the deadly virus.
A new person has been selected to lead the public health department in San Luis Obispo County.
On the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, more than a dozen young men and women sit in a game studio, each clutching a mobile phone. Their heads are bowed, eyes fixed on their screens as they immerse themselves in the popular Chinese game Delta Force.
Nigeria has lost nearly half of its dollar millionaires over the past decade, with the population of high-net-worth individuals falling by 47 per cent between 2015 and 2025, according to the 2025 Africa Wealth Report by Henley & Partners in collaboration with New World Wealth.
